The order of anarchy
From Aeon by Reyko Huang
How San Francisco’s free rides system can help us understand anarchist theory and the work of the late, great James C Scott
From Aeon by Reyko Huang
How San Francisco’s free rides system can help us understand anarchist theory and the work of the late, great James C Scott
From The Nation by Ben Mauk
The radical anthropologist offered not only incisive studies of the state but also a vision of what life looked like beyond it.
From Freedom News UK
Researcher and author James C. Scott passed away in his Connecticut home on July 19. He was 87 years old. His seminal works include The Moral Economy of the Peasant, Weapons of the Weak, Domination and the Arts of Resistance, Seeing Like a State, The Art of Not Being Governed, Two Cheers for Anarchism, and Against the Grain.
From ArtReview
James C. Scott, the political scientist, anthropologist and anarchist thinker, whose work has had an increasing footprint in the artworld, has died.
An anarchist history of upland Southeast Asia, by James C. Scott. The compelling story of disparate Asian peoples residing in Zomia -- a mountainous region the size of Europe that consists of portions of seven countries -- who until recently have stemmed the vast tide of state-making to live at arm's length from any organized state society. (from the cover)
via Slate
With Trump attacking “anarchist jurisdictions,” a scholar of anarchism discusses the use and misuse of the A-word.
By Joshua Keating
Anarchism is having a moment—or at least the word is. President Donald Trump spent much of the summer blaming violence at protests around the country on “radical-left anarchists.” His election rival, Joe Biden, has made clear that while he supports peaceful protests, he strongly opposes “anarchists” as well. Some of Trump’s critics have suggested that with his disregard for the norms and institutions of American politics, he’s the real anarchist.